Polishing device



y 2, 1929- G. A. surrs 1.719.280

POLISHING DEVICE File July 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l fieo/yecfiadz'is NITNESS% I ATTORNEY Patented July 2, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE A. SUITS, or ivrnnronn-nnssncnusnrrs".

POLISHING DEVIGE.

, Application filed Julyfl,

mary object is the provision of a, motor driven brush which is hitched with the house current, the circuit of which being controlled by a novel circuit maker, so that the same is open when the foot supporting lid of the improvement is in closed position and closed when thefoot supporting lid is moved to open position so that the brush will be thus revolved and brush and polish the shoe of the user.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from a consideration of the following detailed description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings which form part ofthe application, with the understanding, however, that the improvement is capable of extended application and is not confined to the exact showing of the drawings nor to the precise construction described and, therefore, such changes and modifications may be made therefrom as do not affect the spirit of the invention nor exceed the scope thereof as expressed in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improvement showing the sameinoperative position, parts being broken away andparts in section, and also the front plate being re moved.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view approximately on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transversesectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a similar sectional view but showing the front closed and the circuit for the motor broken.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the improvement with the parts arranged as disclosed in Figures 1, 2 and 3.

Figure 6 is a sectional view approximately on the line 66 of Figure 1, but showing the arrangement of the post when the door is closed. i r r v i In the showing ,of the drawings I have disclosed my improvement arranged in a suitable pocket ina wall directly above the base board thereof. This is desirable when the device is employed-in hotels or like public places, but obviously the improvement 1928. Serial No. 291,277.

maybe of a portable nature and may be employed in a household or in any other desired place. In the showing of the drawings, the improvement contemplates the employment of a metal box-like easing 1. The wall provided by the opening in which the casing is looked has arranged thereon .a frame tool in the nature of plates 2 which are disposed over the top and side edges of the casing 1;

Preferably the front of the casing is wholly open, and the sides at a suitable distance below the top thereof have secured thereon angle cleats 3 on which rests and is prefer ably secured a shelf l. The shell. divides the casing into an ,upper compartment 5 and into a lower compartment 6. The shelf supports thereon a motor 7 to which is connected one of the. conductor wires 8 that leads to an insulating sleeve 9 in the top of the casing When the device is portable the conductors for the motor have their outer ends attached to a suitable plug to be received' in a wall socket of the house circuit. The second wire leadingfrom the motor is indicated by the numeral 10, and this wire is secured to a terminal or contact; 11 that is adjustably mounted on a post 12which has one of its ends received in the socket of an insulating block 13 that is fixed on the shelf 4. Thepost 12 is screwed in the tubular end of a cross sectionally rounded rod 14 that passesithrough the lower end of the block 13 and through a suitable opening in the shelf. The contact 11 is designedto engage with the second. contact 16 fixed on an upstanding arm whose angleiend is secured on the block 13 and to which end there islconnccted theterminahofan encased wire 17 that in turn. is connected to a fuse or like emergency cutout l9, that is. supported on the shelf. The return wire of the circuit is indicated for distinction by the numeral .20 and, of course, leads from the emergency, cutout 19. F ixed on the motor shaft 21there a sprocket wheel thathastrained therearound anendless sprocket chain22. The sprocket chain isgalso trained, around 3, a larger sprocket wheelonthe shaft or trunnion 23 on one, end of ,the core of a fibre or bristle brush 24.,1The second trunnion for the core of the. brush 24 is indicatedby the numeral 25, and both of the trunnions 28 and 25 are journaled in suitable bearings 26 provided on the ends of hangers that are secured to theunder face of the shelf 4. Of course, the chain 22 passes through a suitable opening in the shelf 4. Secured to the under face of the shelf, preferably by the means 26 that attach the insulator block- 13 thereto there is a substantially U-shaped guide member or bracket 27 through which passes one end of a post28. The post is preferably of insulating material and has fixed on its upper end a head 29 that contacts with the outer or lower end of the element 14. The outer end of the post 28 is received in a suitable opening 29 in the bottom of the casing 1. The door or closure 30 is hinged to the bottom of the casing 1 and the hinges 31 are spring influenced whereby the door is normally swung to closed-position. By reference to the drawings it will be seen that the door is of a materially less width than the open face of the casing 1, and, therefore, I removably secure in the said open'face of the casing l a closure plate 32; The door may abut against the lower'edge of this plate when in closed position. .The door or closure 30 has fixed on its inner face a bracket to which is pivpass freely through the opening 29, the

said opening being preferably surrounded by a guide flange as disclosed by the drawings and the lower end of the rod 28 is in the path ofcontact with thestraight end of an offset plate 37 one end of which being fixed, as at 38, to the inner face of the door or closure 30. The shoulder 29' on the rod 28 limits the downward gravitation of v the said rod through the opening 29"as the shoulders will contact with the horizontal wall of the substantially U-shaped bracket 27. The Ieleme'nt14, carrying the contact 11 is of sufficient weight to gravitate with, the

rod 28,, but in the". socket -provided in the block 13 for the'rod' 12 there is arranged a coil-spring 39' which exerts a pressure between theupperand inner wall of the said socket and thei'nner end'of the ele ment 14,' which influences the contact 11 away from'the contact, 16. Thus it will be noted that th'e circuit for the motor is norma'llyopen. The door or closure 30fi's provided with a handle 40 on its'outer faceand may be likewise provided with suitable latching'means. It will be obvious'that on swinging of the door to horizontal position, as disclosed by Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, the lower face of the shoulder will contact with the molding 41 for the base board of the room in which the device is arranged. In addition to this the outward swinging of the door causes the element 36 which is received in the lateral passage 35 of the slot 34'and the stop plate or arm 37 to limit such outward swinging of the door or closure,

lVhen the door or closure is swung to horizontal position it will be apparent that the plate 37 will exert an upward push upon the rod 28, causing the latter to have its head 29 brought against the lower end of the element 14, thereby moving the rod 12 so thatthe contact 11 thereon is brought against the contact 16 so that the circuit is completed and the cylindrical brush 24 is rotated. The distance betweeen the closure 30 and the brush is sufficient for the operator to place his shoe at desired angles into the receptacle 1, so that all parts of his shoe will be effectively cleaned by the rotating brush 24. By simply closing the door or closure 30 the circuit is automatically broken.

My improvement is of an extremely simple construction and the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly understood by those skilled in the art to which such invention relates.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A shoe polishing device including a casing, having a horizontal shelf therein dividing the same into an upper and into a lower compartment, a motor in the upper compartment, a normally open circuit for the motor, spaced cont-acts on the terminals of the circuit, one of said contacts being spring influenced away from the other, a rotary brush having trunnions journaled in the lower compartment, an endless chain trained around the motor shaft and a trunnion for the brush, a substantially U-shaped bracket on the under face of the partition, a rod movable therethrough and in the path of engagement with the spring influenced contact, a head on the rod for preventing the movement thereof through the bracket,

said rod being movable through an opening in the bottom of the casing, a plate for closing the upper compartment, a spring hinged door for closing the lower compartment, and said door providing a foot rest when in open position, and a plate on the door engaging with the lower end of the rod for moving the same upwardly and for closing the circuit when the door is in open position. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE A. SUITS. 

